A former informant/agent provocateur the Feds used to implicate some alleged terrorists has sued the FBI. And his claims only further strengthen the case that the feds are not just having some agents or others go undercover and inform, they are setting up the crimes for the alleged culprits and framing them. Craig Monteih whose cover was blown a while back for his work in Southern California claims
""Assistant United States Attorney Dierdra Eliot gave Mr. Monteilh special permission, by and through a signed Federal document, to engage in jihadist rhetoric, including but not limited to conducting terrorist operations, possessing weapons and initiating conversations to further terrorist acts against the United States,""

So he was authorized to engage in rhetoric, including conducting terrorist operations, possessing weapons and initiating, not being involved in, conversations to further terrorist attacks.

What is especially ironic is the article claims that the individual implicated by Mr. Monteih is accused of jihadist rhetoric. Is that even a crime? What does it mean anyways and what happened to free speech?

Read more at http://www.ocregister.com/news/monteilh-230643-fbi-suit.html

This reminded me of a similar case in Illinois years ago, where a gentleman's business and home was raided by the anti terror task force. Years later, he was finally charged, but the alleged crime had nothing to do with terrorism. He was charged with defrauding his investors. Who was the source of the evidence and claim? An informant. And where was the informant? In jail on unrelated fraud charges. So the defendant was unable to face his accuser or counter the evidence. Even the purported victims of this crime testified in the defense of the gentleman and the prosecution presented absolutely no evidence of him being enriched by his alleged fraud. Yet he was convicted, and spent around 5 years in federal prison.

By the way, the FBI breaking or stretching the law to enforce the law has become all too common. They illegally obtained phone records by making up threats.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0119/FBI-got-2-000-phone-records-with-fake-terrorism-emergencies-report

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/18/AR2010011803982.html